Hanger for elevated tracks



(No Model.)

- (LA. GLOEKLER.

HANGER FOR'ELEVATBD TRACKS. No. 494,561. Patented Apr. 4, 1893.

Jd m g E H W 0% NITED STATES PATENT OFFrcE.

CHARLES A. GLOEKLER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANGER FOR ELEVATED TRACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,561, dated April 4, 1893.

Application filed December 22, 1892. Serial No. 455,992- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. GLOEKLER, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Elevated Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention is designed particularly for use with overhead tracks intended for slaughter houses, but is applicable to other analogous uses.

The improved hanger is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1, is a front view; Fig. 2, a side View, and Fig. 3, a sectional View of the hanger. Fig. 4, is a detail view of a clamp employed.

A, is the hanger, and B a section of a rail supported thereby.

The hanger is preferably made of wrought iron.

The hanger comprises an upper flange a for attachment to a ceiling or rafter, a vertical depending web b, an ofiset 0 (whereby the truck or trolley traveling upon the track B frees the web 1)), a vertically-depending clamping flange d, and horizontally-projecting lugs c c, all of which parts are in one piece and are formed by cutting, bending and shaping a flat blank. The track B, rests upon the lugs e c, seating against the face of the flange d and extending above the point of union between the oflset c and flange d.

The track B is secured to the hanger by means of a metal clamp O and bolt D. The clamp O has an offset f which seats against the face of the flange d, whereby the clamping face of the clamp is positioned properly with reference to the flange. The clamp has also preferably a serrated or roughened clamping face g (see Fig. 4.), and a shoulder h which seats against the lower edge of the rail.

The attaching bolt D, passes through the flange d of the hanger and screws into the clamp C. The shoulderh maintains the clamp in proper position and prevents its turning or working loose, constituting the clamp in effect a lock nut.

I claim as my invention- 1. A hanger composed of a single piece of metal bent into proper shape and comprising attaching flange a, web b, depending therefrom, offset 0 extending outwardly from said Web, flange d depending from said offset 0, and lugs e projecting outwardly beyond the face of said flange d and located below the offset 0 and above the lower edge of said flange d, in combination With a track resting upon said lugse and seating against the face of said flange d above said lugs, and a clamp secu red to said flange (1 below said track and clamping against the outer face of said track, substantially as set forth.

2. A hanger having a depending flange d. and lugs e elocated at the middle part of said flange at opposite edges thereof and extending outwardly beyond the face thereof, in combination with a track resting upon said lugs and seating against the face of said flange d, and a clamp secured to said flange (1 below said track and located between said lugs and out of contact therewith, whereby said clamp seats against the outer face of said track and clamps the same against-the face of said flange, substantially asset forth.

3. A hanger having a depending flange d, and lugs 6 located at the middle part of said flange and extending outwardly beyond the face thereof, in combination with a track resting upon said lugs and seating against the face of said flange, and a clamp secured to said flange below the track, said clamp having shoulder h and offset f, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. GLOEKLER. Witnesses:

ALBERT GLoEKLER, BERNARD GLoEKLER. 

